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Moated site at Dennington Hall is a medieval defensive earthwork situated in Suffolk, England. The monument comprises a substantial rectangular moat that formerly enclosed a residential platform, typical of the moated homesteads that proliferated across East Anglia during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites served both practical and symbolic functions, providing water-based defence and drainage whilst demonstrating the status and territorial authority of their occupants. The Dennington Hall example represents a significant surviving example of medieval domestic settlement archaeology in the county.
Moated site at Dennington Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011332. View the official record →
Moated site at Dennington Hall is a medieval defensive earthwork situated in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011332.
Moated site at Dennington Hall is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1011332.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Elm Hall (2 km), Framlingham Castle and its associated landscape including the mere, town ditch and Anglo-Saxon cemetery (4.9 km), College and Franciscan nunnery, water control features and formal garden remains at Bruisyard Hall (5 km).
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